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CoMo Crisis Shelter at the Welcome Inn: Help Needed

March 27, 2020

Dear Constituent:

My Council colleague Mike Trapp and his brother John Trapp have been working day and night this week to set up the CoMo Crisis Shelter at the Welcome Inn.

Columbia residents living on the streets are extremely vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic — it is essential for their welfare and for the entire community that we step up quickly to provide a safe shelter for those without anywhere else to stay. In the last few days, the Trapps have worked a minor miracle in reaching an agreement with the Welcome Inn and setting up complex health and safety procedures to open up the CoMo Crisis Shelter last night.

I am very grateful to everyone who has reached out to ask me what you can do to help vulnerable residents. Right now, the CoMo Crisis Shelter at the Welcome Inn is most in need. Please be generous with your time, money, and emergency supplies.